The German Chancellor also said that the Tories and Labour should be given time to find a compromise.
Any Brexit extension offered to the United Kingdom should be "as short as possible," German Chancellor Angela Merkel said.
Speaking in Berlin ahead of Wednesday's emergency EU summit in Brussels, Merkel expressed support for granting the U.K. a further extension in order to allow Prime Minister Theresa May's ruling Conservatives and the opposition Labour party to find a compromise.
The Council had granted a Brexit extension at a summit in late March, setting two new deadlines: if the House of Commons passed the Withdrawal Agreement, the U.K. could leave on May 22; alternatively, if it did not pass, the U.K. would face crashing out without a deal on April 12.